Cordyceps

CORDYCEPS: Propiedades del Cordyceps y beneficios? Efectos secundarios y contraindicaciones?dosis y composición? Que es y para que sirve Cordyceps

Thanks to newmy51 for the ID. Cordyceps is an interesting entomopathogenic fungus (a fancy way of saying a fungus that parasitizes and kills insects/spiders). Each Cordyceps is species specific and is something pretty horrifying. The spores will land on an insect and gradually the fungal mycelia will grow down past the insects exoskeleton and into the body where they will spread like tree roots, invading and replacing host tissue. This kills the insect in a very slow, lengthy process. In the…

Veiled stinkhorns, Phallus indusiatus [the former genus Dictyophora seems to be out of favor after DNA research]. Ecuador's Rain-forest, Feb. 2011. © Daniel Winkler

Lesson of the Day: ‘After This Fungus Turns Ants Into Zombies, Their Bodies Explode’ - The New York Times

View more: Formicidae Checklist: Ants

from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

This Carolina leaf-roller (Camptonotus carolinensis) has succumbed to an infection by a species of Cordyceps, a genus of entomopathogenic fungi. Cordyceps are well-known for inducing changes in insect...

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Cordyceps fungi - Cordyceps sinensis, un extraño hongo entomopatológico, es decir, que crece en el interior de un insecto